Farmworkers And Laborers/agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
3609 Eels Rd.
Cashmere, WA 98815
United States
Job description
This job requires a minimum of three (3) months of general farm labor.
Job duties are related to orchard maintenance and fruit production.
The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.
All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Worker and Laborer Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092 and Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-2091.
CHERRY Harvest
The Worker will hand harvest cherries, this can be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. The Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing or on a ladder. The Worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping fruit with the hands and removing from the tree in a motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. The Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 20 lbs. and will place fruit into plastic lugs which hold approximately 30 pounds of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in plastic/wooden bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and size specifications. The Worker must possess the ability to pick-up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 60 pounds.
Special Requirements
Piece Rate Language
Harvest and other work may be paid at piece rates based on the crop, fruit or vegetable variety, size and condition, tree size, crop volume, weather, and other industry factors. Piece rate pay compensates the employee for all hours of work recorded during a day in which piece rate work was performed. Work not paid at piece rates will be paid at a minimum of the hourly rate equal to the applicable adverse effect wage rate (the AEWR Rate). During the contract period, if a worker working at piece rate earns less in a pay period than the worker would have earned at the AEWR Rate for all hours worked in that pay period, the workers total earnings for that pay period will be increased to an amount calculated as the total hours worked multiplied by the AEWR Rate.